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NORFOLK — In addition to his roles as program architect, omnipresent pitchman and Chief of Special Teams Chicanery, Old Dominion's Bobby Wilder is keen on teaching leadership to his players. Sometimes that involves decisions that are difficult, unpleasant and open to criticism. Wilder hit the triple Saturday when the Monarchs went to Chapel Hill for a football game and wound up in the sequel to "There Will Be Blood." In the midst of an historic 80-20 curb-stomping by North Carolina, Wilder requested that the fourth quarter be shortened from 15 minutes to 10 minutes. "The decision I made, I made for what I thought was the best interest of my players,"...

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